PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rocky Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Westen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocky Thunder had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Thunder
vs
Westen

187 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
KO power

Excellent MT
Solid chin

BlackStar Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Thunder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Westen !
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thunder swinging wildly here.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Westen takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen is having none of it.
Thunder doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thunder has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Westen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Westen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thunder.
Thunder has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Thunder takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Westen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thunder.
Westen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thunder.
Westen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Westen takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Westen lands a nice looking body shot.
Westen misses with a body shot.
Westen swinging wildly here.
Westen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Westen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thunder is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Thunder on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thunder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Westen .
Westen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Westen misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen moves out of range.
Westen misses the shot to the body.
Thunder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thunder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thunder throws a shot from downtown. Westen moves away and avoids it.
Westen swats away the attempt to clinch by Thunder.
Thunder tries to clinch up.
Thunder is looking to clinch.
Westen looks to score with a jab to the body but Thunder is just out of range.
Thunder misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Westen punishes Thunder's body with a nice straight punch.
Westen looks to score with a jab to the body but Thunder is just out of range.
Thunder wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Westen stuns Thunder with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thunder is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Westen takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Thunder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thunder gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Westen lands a glancing blow to the side of Thunder's head.
Westen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A nice combination there by Westen .
Westen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thunder at a distance.
Thunder tries to clinch up.
Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Westen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thunder rather than just go for the knockout.
Thunder misses with a hook. Westen ducked under it nicely.
Westen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thunder circles away quickly and effectively.
Thunder takes a swing at Westen 's ribcage but misses.
Thunder tries to clinch there but Westen circles away.
Westen misses with a body shot.
Thunder is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Westen .
Westen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Westen swats away the attempt to clinch by Thunder.
Westen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Westen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thunder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Westen .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Westen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab, jab by Thunder - just one landing.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Westen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Westen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Westen .
Thunder tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Westen manages to circle out of the way.
Thunder moves in looking to clinch but Westen pushes him off.
Westen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Thunder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Westen .
Thunder fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Westen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Westen just misses with a punch to the body.
Westen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thunder looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen is having none of it.
Thunder takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Westen misses the shot to the body.
Thunder is looking to clinch but Westen is avoiding it.
Westen misses the shot to the body.
As Westen tries to get set, Thunder tries to push him back and clinch up but Westen manages to avoid the attempt.
Westen cracks a nice hook into Thunder's ribs.
Westen keeps the fight on the outside.
Thunder moves to clinch but Westen breaks away
and Westen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thunder misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Westen misses.
Thunder moves in looking to clinch but Westen pushes him off.
Westen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Westen staying out of range there.
Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Westen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thunder.
Westen misses the shot to the body.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Westen takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Thunder is looking to clinch.
Westen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Westen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thunder moves away.
Westen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thunder manages to avoid it.
Westen throws a shot to the body.
Westen tries to bum rush Thunder with a series of wild strikes but Thunder uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thunder looks to land a left hand but Westen moved out of range nicely.
Westen swats away the attempt to clinch by Thunder.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thunder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Westen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Thunder walks into a straight right hand from Westen .
Westen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Westen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thunder appears to be looking for a big counter.
Thunder moves in looking to clinch but Westen pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thunder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thunder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thunder seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Thunder wants to clinch up but Westen keeps it at a distance.
Thunder takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen is having none of it.
Westen throws a series of punches but Thunder avoids them all with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Thunder misses the target.
Westen swats away the attempt to clinch by Thunder.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Westen lands a body shot.
Thunder is looking to clinch.
Westen swings for the body but Thunder moves out of range.
Thunder tries to clinch up but Westen circles away and keeps his distance.
Westen digs a good body shot into Thunder's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thunder manages to avoid it.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thunder doesn't manage to clinch there - Westen circles away.
Westen misses with a wild body shot.
Thunder tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Westen manages to circle out of the way.
A big right from Thunder misses.
Thunder is looking to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Westen just misses with a punch to the body.
Thunder takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Westen looks to score with a jab to the body but Thunder is just out of range.
Westen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thunder looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Westen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Westen connects with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Thunder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen is having none of it.
Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Westen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thunder wants to clinch.
Thunder tries to clinch there but Westen circles away.
Thunder tries to clinch up but Westen circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westen lands a nice shot that snaps Thunder's head back.
Thunder is looking to clinch.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen moves out of range.
Westen works Thunder's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Westen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Thunder has time to react.
Thunder throws a nice looking combination but Westen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thunder tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Westen counters with a left to the body.
Westen lands a jab to the nose.
Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Westen avoids the body shot from Thunder.
A nice side step and Westen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Westen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thunder looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Michael Westen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Westen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thunder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Westen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Westen .
Thunder wants to clinch up but Westen keeps it at a distance.
Westen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Westen .
Thunder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Westen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thunder moves in looking to clinch but Westen pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Westen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thunder manages to avoid it.
Westen takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Thunder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Westen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Thunder rushes Westen and presses him up against the cage.

Westen 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thunder takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thunder moves in looking to clinch but Westen pushes him off.
Thunder tries to clinch there but Westen circles away.
Nice body punch from Westen .
Westen throws a body punch but Thunder moves out of range.
Thunder tries to clinch there but Westen circles away.
Westen takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Thunder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Westen clinches up with Thunder and pushes him back against the cage.
Thunder is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Westen 's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

Westen breaks from the clinch.
Thunder is looking to clinch but Westen is avoiding it.
Westen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thunder moves away.
Nice body punch from Westen .
Thunder wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Westen jabs at Thunder's body.
Thunder is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Westen cracks Thunder with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thunder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thunder takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Westen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Westen misses with a body shot.
Thunder is looking to clinch.
Westen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thunder tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Westen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thunder takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Westen misses the shot to the body.
Thunder wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Westen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen is having none of it.
Thunder has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Westen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thunder manages to avoid it.
Thunder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Westen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Westen jabs Thunder to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thunder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Westen closes the distance and clinches.

Westen breaks the clinch.
Thunder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Westen scores with a sloppy right hand. Thunder should have avoided that one.
Thunder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thunder wants to clinch.
A nice side step and Westen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Westen throws a nice looking combination but Thunder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thunder is looking to clinch.
Westen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Thunder makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Westen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Westen paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen moves out of range.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Westen .
Westen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Westen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Westen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Westen looks to score with a jab to the body but Thunder is just out of range.
Westen misses with a wild body shot.
Thunder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Westen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Westen clinches.
Thunder tries to land knees in the clinch but Westen avoids the damage to the body.
Thunder throws a punch but it's blocked by Westen .

Westen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thunder fails to land with a series of punches.
Westen stuns Thunder with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thunder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Westen .
Westen looks to land a combination. Thunder sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Westen .
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thunder is looking to clinch.
Westen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Westen .
Thunder is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Westen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thunder at a distance.
Westen throws a body punch but Thunder moves out of range.
Westen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thunder manages to avoid it.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Westen .
Westen looks to score with a jab to the body but Thunder is just out of range.

Westen gets tackled into the cage by Thunder. Thunder maintains the clinch.

Westen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thunder wants to clinch.
Thunder misses with a body shot.
Westen unleashes a big counter combination but Thunder bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Westen . Thunder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Westen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thunder at a distance.
Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Westen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westen swats away the attempt to clinch by Thunder.
Westen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Westen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thunder doesn't seem bothered though.
Westen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thunder manages to avoid it.
Thunder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Westen .
Westen scores with a shot to the body.
Thunder wants to clinch up but Westen keeps it at a distance.
Thunder fails in his attempt to clinch.
Westen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Westen .
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen moves out of range.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen moves out of range.
Westen keeps the fight on the outside.
Westen just misses with a punch to the body.
Westen misses with the combination.
Thunder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Westen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Westen gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder lands a hook that snaps the head of Westen backwards.

Westen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Westen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thunder eats them both and turns towards Westen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen is having none of it.
Westen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Westen .
Thunder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thunder takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen moves out of range.
Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thunder tries to clinch but Westen moves out of range.
Westen jabs Thunder to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thunder tries to clinch up but Westen circles away and keeps his distance.
Thunder lands the left hand.
Thunder wants to clinch.
Westen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Westen .
Thunder fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rocky Thunder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michael Westen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Westen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Westen .

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Westen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Westen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Westen !
Michael Westen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.